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EP3224164B1 - Procédé pour réunir des produits à emballer et dispositif de transport de produits à emballer - Google Patents

Procédé pour réunir des produits à emballer et dispositif de transport de produits à emballer Download PDF

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EP3224164B1
EP3224164B1 EP15760128.7A EP15760128A EP3224164B1 EP 3224164 B1 EP3224164 B1 EP 3224164B1 EP 15760128 A EP15760128 A EP 15760128A EP 3224164 B1 EP3224164 B1 EP 3224164B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
    • B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
    • B65G47/71—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor the articles being discharged or distributed to several distinct separate conveyors or to a broader conveyor lane
    • B65G47/715—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor the articles being discharged or distributed to several distinct separate conveyors or to a broader conveyor lane to a broader conveyor lane
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
    • B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
    • B65G47/681—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor from distinct, separate conveyor lanes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
    • B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
    • B65G47/682—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor from a single conveyor lane consisting of one conveyor or several adjacent conveyors
    • B65G47/683—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor from a single conveyor lane consisting of one conveyor or several adjacent conveyors with tilting of at least part of the conveyor to make use of gravity

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  • the invention relates to a method for merging several separate streams of packaged goods into a main stream, in which each of the streams of packaged goods is conveyed on a feed conveyor, combined with the main stream in the area of a feed opening of the feed conveyor and transported further on a main conveyor in the main stream, with at least one side wall carrying the main stream laterally limited.
  • DE 33 40 088 A1 discloses a device for pressureless forming of a conveyed, wide stream of bottles into a single-track stream of bottles to be conveyed away, with an intermediate conveyor arranged between a feed conveyor having guide rails and a discharge conveyor having guide rails, according to the preamble of claim 10.
  • US4039074(A EP 0 900 000 A1 discloses a sorting device for randomly distributed piece goods according to the preamble of claim 10, comprising a powered conveyor bed with a plurality of separate roller sections.
  • the film packaging may be caught between the moving conveyor element and the side wall, compressing the shipment and possibly damaging it, for example by tearing the packaging.
  • the packaged goods of the main flow are expediently also guided in the area of a feed opening of a feed conveyor due to the alignment of the main conveyor relative to the side wall and then along it, in particular continuously from one feed opening to the next one downstream.
  • Packaged goods or a package can be understood to mean a packaged object, such as a package, a bundle of goods or packaged goods, a piece of luggage or the like.
  • a packaged good is a single object with packaging that encloses one or more items.
  • the packaged goods can be a postal or courier consignment, a cuboid object, a package, in particular a postal or courier package, a goods container, a packaged individual good, a piece of luggage and/or the like.
  • the main flow is a flow of packaged goods, in which packaged goods, in particular all packaged goods, from several packaged goods flows of the feed conveyor can be combined.
  • the flows of packaged goods are expediently bulk flows, i.e. flows in which the individual packages are transported in a disordered manner relative to one another. Both the alignment of the packages to each other and the density of the packaged goods per meter can be irregular, i.e. fluctuate by a factor of more than 10. Also an overlapping of the packaged goods when viewed from the side of the flow of packaged goods is possible and quite common.
  • the conveyed packaged goods are inhomogeneous and can vary greatly, particularly with regard to the weight of the individual packaged goods, their surface properties and their dimensions and shape.
  • the orientation of the packaged goods on the feed conveyors is also inhomogeneous and the density of the packaged goods flow on a feed conveyor, for example the area coverage of packaged goods per square meter, in particular per 5 square meters, can vary by a factor of 10 or more.
  • Packaged goods lying on top of one another can also be present in the packaged goods streams.
  • the main conveyor and the feed conveyor expediently each comprise one or more conveyor units, each of which has a conveyor element that can be moved in the conveying direction by a conveyor drive.
  • the packaged goods lie on the conveying elements and are moved by them in the corresponding conveying direction, for example in the feed direction on the feed conveyor or in the main conveying direction on the main conveyor.
  • the conveying width of the main conveyor is advantageously narrower than the sum of the conveying widths of the feed conveyors, expediently at least 30% narrower, in particular at least 45% narrower. Conveying width of the main conveyor is expediently seen at its narrowest point.
  • the conveying widths can be the maximum widths that the packaged goods flow in question or the main flow can take up.
  • the conveying directions refer to the conveying movement of the conveying elements, whereby the packaged goods can also move slightly differently from the corresponding conveying direction, for example by bumping into each other, bumping into the side wall, sliding, for example on an inclined surface, and the like.
  • the main conveying direction is expediently aligned transversely to the feed direction, ie at an angle between 50° and 110°, preferably between 80° and 100°, with 0° being a Parallelism of the main conveying direction to the feeding direction and 180° indicating anti-parallelism.
  • the feed directions of the feed conveyors are expediently aligned parallel to one another, with the feed conveyors themselves in particular being aligned parallel to one another. They can hit the main conveyor, which is expediently oriented continuously along all feed conveyors transversely to the feed conveyors, so that the main conveying direction is oriented continuously along all feed conveyors transversely to the feed directions.
  • the feed conveyors expediently extend as far as the main conveyor, with the feed directions expediently extending as far as the conveying element or elements of the main conveyor that transport in the main conveying direction.
  • the orientation of the main conveyor by which the packages are guided towards the side wall and in particular then along the side wall, can be an arrangement of the main conveying direction at an in particular acute angle to the side wall, so that the packaged goods are brought closer to the side wall when moving in the main conveying direction.
  • This orientation can expediently be favored or replaced by another orientation, namely an inclination of the main conveyor or the conveying element of the main conveyor towards the side wall, so that the packaged goods are encouraged to slide on the conveying element towards the side wall due to gravity.
  • the main flow is moved on the main conveyor in a main conveying direction that is at an angle to the side wall, and the packaged goods of the main flow are guided towards the side wall by the movement in the main conveying direction and then along it. If the packaged goods are on the side wall, they are conveyed along the side wall by the movement of the main conveyor in the main conveying direction with pressure against the side wall, with a direction deviating from the main conveying direction by the corresponding angle.
  • the packaged goods can be continuously compacted on the side wall and also aligned on the side wall, so that the compaction can be achieved particularly completely both by guiding it to the side wall and by the alignment.
  • the main conveying direction is at an angle to the side wall, ie at an angle ⁇ 0° or ⁇ 180° to the side wall.
  • An angle between 1° and 20° to the side wall is advantageous, in particular between 2° and 10°.
  • the angle can be seen in the plane of the conveying surface of the main conveyor, i.e. when the conveying surface is horizontal it is an angle between two horizontal directions and when the conveying surface is inclined it is an angle in the corresponding inclined plane.
  • the side wall limits the lateral movement of the packaged goods in the packaged goods flow. Due to the lateral deflection of the packaged goods into the main flow through the side wall, the packaged goods flow can be compressed in a targeted and slow manner by closing gaps. Packed goods that are at right angles to the main conveying direction can be aligned parallel to the side wall by the side wall in the further course of transport by the main conveyor, which further improves the utilization and thus the filling level of the available space on the main conveyor or its conveying element. Through the targeted compaction and uniform alignment of the packaged goods to the side wall, space is created for one or more feeds of further feed conveyors downstream.
  • the side wall is located between two feed mouths of two of the feed conveyors and opposite the feed mouths relative to the main flow.
  • the arrangement may be such that the packaged goods are pushed from the side wall towards the infeed mouth of the next downstream infeed conveyor.
  • the side wall can narrow the main flow towards this feed opening. Through this constriction can be created on the side of the main conveyor or the conveying element facing away from the side wall from this space for the addition of the further stream of packaged goods from the feed conveyor lying downstream. It is advantageous if the movement of the packaged goods in the main conveying direction creates a packaged-free space on the side of the main conveyor facing away from the side wall for a further flow of packaged goods to be added.
  • the invention can be used particularly advantageously in parcel centers for merging postal or courier parcels.
  • Each stream of parcels may come from an unloading station, such as a truck unloading station or a roll-off container unloading station, which is unloaded, for example, by an unloader using an unloading telescope, such that the packages are conveyed from the unloading telescope directly or indirectly onto the infeed conveyor.
  • an unloading station such as a truck unloading station or a roll-off container unloading station
  • an unloader using an unloading telescope such that the packages are conveyed from the unloading telescope directly or indirectly onto the infeed conveyor.
  • the package flow is very uneven.
  • the invention can also handle the meeting of several very strong packet streams in the main stream with little interference.
  • postal or courier items in particular packages
  • an unloading conveyor in particular an unloading telescope
  • the feed conveyor can be connected to a respective truck unloading station via the unloading conveyor.
  • An arrangement of the side wall at an angle of between 1° and 20° to the main conveying direction can be easily implemented if a conveying element runs at least partially under the side wall, ie the side wall is arranged above the conveying element.
  • a vertical gap can be present between the side wall and the conveying element in order to prevent the conveying element from rubbing against the side wall.
  • the side wall angled to the main conveying direction is as short as possible, or if the angled section of the side wall is as short as possible. Stuck shipments are not dragged along over long distances, which reduces the risk of damage.
  • the angle between the main conveying direction and the side wall is relatively large, ie in a range between 5° and 20°, in particular 10° and 20°.
  • the side wall be spring-mounted. It can be moved against the spring pressure by bumping the packaged goods, in particular pivoted. In this way, in particular, the angle between the side wall and the main conveying direction can be reduced, so that the compression is reduced.
  • the already dense main stream, which is at risk of congestion, is pushed through the constriction - moving the side wall outwards - and congestion is avoided.
  • the side wall expediently springs back into an initial position after the packaged goods have slipped off, so that a smaller main stream is guided along the side wall in its initial position.
  • the side wall In order to achieve a minimum compaction even when the side wall is movably mounted, it is advantageous if the side wall abuts against a stop and in this position encloses an angle of between 1° and 10° to the main conveying direction. Despite the high density of the main flow, a region of the conveying element opposite the side wall can be kept free for the introduction of a further flow of packaged goods.
  • At least one of the feed conveyors has a transition that is oriented obliquely downwards in the direction of flow.
  • the packaged goods can be moved by gravity in the direction of the main conveyor, so that it slides at an angle to the main conveying direction, in particular transversely to the main conveying direction on the main conveyor in the direction of the side wall.
  • the packaged goods from the packaged goods flow of the feed conveyor can be guided directly towards the side wall, so that the part of the main flow formed in this way is already compressed towards the side wall.
  • the transition can be a chute on which the packaged goods slide down.
  • the main conveyor can already be so occupied that there is not enough space for the supply of a third and currently also very strong flow of packaged goods on the main conveyor.
  • the occupancy of the packaged goods on the main conveyor is recorded in the main flow. This can conveniently be done by a sensor which can be arranged on the main conveyor.
  • the sensor can be an occupancy sensor that measures a package-free distance on the main conveyor. A free area on the main conveyor can be determined by a large number of distance measurements carried out one after the other.
  • a control unit controls the supply of a flow of packaged goods from a feed conveyor to the main conveyor as a function of a variable derived from the route.
  • This variable can be a product-free area on the main conveyor, which can be used as a control variable.
  • the occupancy sensor can be a distance sensor that measures a distance between the sensor and the packaged goods on the main conveyor, in particular a laser distance sensor.
  • the sensor is expediently arranged opposite the side wall and in particular detects a distance to the next packaged goods arranged in the measuring direction.
  • the main conveyor can be inclined transversely to the conveying direction, in particular towards the side wall, so that compression of the packaged goods towards the side wall is promoted. Accordingly, it is advantageous if the main conveyor has a main conveyor unit with a conveyor element that moves in the main conveying direction and on which the packaged goods are transported, and the alignment of the main conveyor is such that the conveyor element is inclined towards the side wall at an angle of inclination > 3° to the horizontal .
  • the packaged goods can slide towards the side wall on the conveying element, driven by gravity, so that they are compressed there and a space opposite on the main conveyor is released.
  • the invention is also aimed at a packaged goods conveyor for merging a plurality of separate packaged goods flows into a main flow.
  • the packaged goods conveyor expediently comprises a main conveyor which has a conveyor element, a conveyor drive for driving the conveyor element in a main conveying direction and at least one side wall which delimits the main flow laterally.
  • the packaged goods conveying device can comprise a plurality of feed conveyors, each of which has a conveying element for conveying the corresponding flow of packaged goods in a feed direction and a conveying drive for driving the conveying element in the feed direction. This is expediently arranged transversely to the main conveying direction.
  • the main conveyor be arranged relative to the side wall in such a way that packaged goods of the main stream are fed relative to and onto the side wall due to the orientation of the main conveyor.
  • the side wall is at least partially arranged over a conveying element of the main conveyor and forms a gap to the conveying element, which gap increases vertically downstream.
  • the packaged goods conveying device is expediently used to carry out the method according to the invention.
  • the main conveyor is aligned in such a way that the side wall is at an angle to the main conveying direction.
  • a conveying width of the conveying element of the main conveyor is thereby narrowed in the main conveying direction. Due to the orientation of the main conveyor, the side wall can protrude into the main flow.
  • the narrowing occurs toward an orifice of the next downstream infeed conveyor.
  • the angle between the side wall and the main conveying direction is expediently between 1° and 20°.
  • the constriction caused by the angled side wall in the area of the confluence is less than downstream behind the confluence.
  • the side wall has a section in the main conveying direction and a second downstream section which forms the angle to the main conveying direction.
  • the constriction which only occurs downstream, can be dispensed with.
  • the section in the main conveying direction is expediently located opposite the mouth of one of the feed conveyors.
  • the side wall first forms a strong constriction and then the constriction decreases, for example to avoid jamming of film packaging between conveyor element and side wall, or to release them again.
  • the side wall includes a section that forms the angle between 1° and 10° to the main conveying direction, and the side wall has a second section upstream that is oriented at a larger angle to the main conveying direction. Both areas are expediently located at least partially between the mouths of two feed conveyors on the main conveyor and/or in the area of a mouth, with the areas being seen as areas in the main conveying direction, which include areas of the main conveyor opposite a mouth.
  • the main conveyor which is guided along a number of mouths of a number of feed conveyors, can have a conveying element of uniform width along the mouths.
  • the angle of the side wall to the main conveying direction means that a relatively large amount of conveying element space is wasted outside the side wall, which is not conveyed, ie which the main flow is guided past.
  • the main conveyor has at least two conveyor units which are offset from one another transversely to the main conveying direction are. The offset is expediently present on both sides, i.e. each conveyor unit projects on one side beyond the other.
  • the main conveyor has at least two conveying units, and the conveying unit located downstream in the main conveying direction is wider than the conveying unit located upstream.
  • An opening of a feed conveyor can lie between the conveyor units.
  • FIG 1 shows a packaged goods conveyor 2a with a main conveyor 4a with a conveyor element 60a in the form of a conveyor belt and three feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a.
  • a discharge conveyor 12 follows directly downstream of the main conveyor 4a.
  • the main conveyor 4a is equipped with a sensor 14 which is a laser range finder for measuring the distance from a sensor output in the measuring direction shown in FIG 1 represented by a dashed line, up to a next object which the measuring beam of the sensor 14 impinges in the measuring direction.
  • a flow of packaged goods 16, 18, 20 is transported in the direction of the main conveyor 4a and up onto it.
  • the streams of packaged goods 16, 18, 20 each include a large number of packaged goods 22, which are postal or courier packages in a package center.
  • the individual packaged goods 22 lie inhomogeneously or unevenly in the streams of packaged goods 16, 18, 20 or on the infeed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a, both in their orientation in space, in their distance from one another and in their lateral position on the infeed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a.
  • individual packaged goods 22 lie one on top of the other.
  • the packaged goods 22 are also inhomogeneous or different from one another in terms of their size, quality, shape, weight and material, with both outer packaging made of cardboard and film packaging being present, with the film packaging surrounding hard objects depending on the design of the packaged goods 22, so that the packaged goods its shape is fixed and essentially unchangeable, as well as soft packaged goods 22 are present in a film packaging, so that the entire packaged goods is soft, flexible and deformable, such as clothing or other items shrink-wrapped in film.
  • Each of the feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a has one or more conveyor units 26a, 26b, 28a, 28b, 30a, 30b, which convey the respective flow of packaged goods 16, 18, 20 in a feed direction 32.
  • the feed direction 32 is aligned at an angle of 87° to a main conveying direction 34, in which packaged goods 22 are transported on the main conveyor 4a.
  • the conveyor units 26a, 26b, 28a, 30a each have at least one conveying element 36a, 36b, 38a, 40a.
  • the conveyor elements 36a, 36b, 38a, 40a can be belt elements, roller conveyors, chutes or a combination thereof.
  • each have a revolving element for example a conveyor belt, a plurality of conveyor belts or the like, which is located on the upper side, on which the packaged goods 22 rest on the corresponding conveying element 36a, 36b, 38a, 40a, in the corresponding conveying direction emotional.
  • the conveyor units 28b and 30b are chutes with an incline toward the main conveyor 4a, on which the packaged goods 22 slide down onto the main conveyor 4a. With the assistance of gravity, you get onto the conveying element 60a of the main conveyor 4a and slide on it a little further in the direction of a side wall 42a, which laterally delimits the main flow 44 of the packaged goods 22 on the main conveyor 4a.
  • the feed direction 32 is defined by the movement of the conveyor elements 36a, 36b, 38a, 40a, e.g. conveyor belts, of the conveyor units 26a, 26b, 28a, 30a, which move in the feed direction 32.
  • the main conveying direction 34 is defined by the conveying element 60a, which moves in the main conveying direction 34.
  • Packaged goods 22 on the conveying elements 5, 36a, 36b, 38a, 40a are moved in the corresponding conveying direction by their movement.
  • Each of the feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a is connected to a truck unloading station 50 via an unloading device 52, for example an unloading telescope.
  • the connection can be a direct connection or a connection via other sponsors, as indicated by the three dots in FIG 1 is indicated in each case.
  • the packaged goods 22 are unloaded from the truck, for example manually, placed on the unloading device 52, which expediently extends into a loading space of the truck.
  • the packaged goods 22 are conveyed from the unloading device 52 onto the corresponding feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a.
  • FIG 1 The representations of the arrangements of the individual conveyor units 26a-30b is in FIG 1 only shown as an example.
  • the feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a can also have only a single conveyor unit or more than two conveyor units, which are arranged at different horizontal and/or vertical angles to one another.
  • the conveying widths of the feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a are 100 cm each.
  • the conveying width of the main conveyor 4a decreases in the conveying direction, ie downstream, and starts at just under 200 cm and is just under 150 cm wide at the narrowest point.
  • the narrowest point is in the transition to the discharge conveyor 12, which also has this conveyor width.
  • the conveying width of the main conveyor 4a can be seen from the side wall 42a to the opposite belt end of the conveying element 60a.
  • the side wall 42a is arranged obliquely to the main conveying direction 34, specifically at an angle of 3°.
  • the side wall 42a thus protrudes into the main stream 44 from the side opposite the mouths of the feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a. Due to its angled orientation, the side wall 42a pushes packaged goods 22 lying on the outside—relative to the main conveying direction 34—in the direction of the mouths of the downstream feed conveyors 6, 8a, so that they slide over the conveying element 60a in this direction.
  • the conveying element 60a of the main conveyor 4a thus runs under the side wall 42a, the proportion of the conveying element 60a on the side of the side wall 42a facing away from the main flow 44 increasing in the downstream direction, in the exemplary embodiment FIG 1 continuously, in particular over the entire length of the main conveyor 4a.
  • the length of the main conveyor 4a extends over all mouths of the feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a, which convey their flow of packaged goods 16, 18, 20 onto the main conveyor 4a.
  • a main conveyor can be defined as a conveyor system that runs along the mouths of at least three, in particular all, feed conveyors that convey their flow of packaged goods onto the main conveyor. Downstream of the last or furthest downstream infeed conveyor, the main conveyor can merge into a discharge conveyor, as is shown by way of example in FIG 1 is shown based on the main conveyor 4a and discharge conveyor 12.
  • the conveying direction of the discharge conveyor 12 is expediently at an angle to the main conveying direction 34, and is in particular parallel to the side wall 42, and if this should be divided into several sections, parallel to the last section, i.e. the section lying furthest downstream, the side wall 42.
  • Upstream begins the main conveyor 4a upstream of the most upstream feed conveyor 10a.
  • the upstream beginning and the downstream end of the main conveyor 4a are suitably located at a distance of less than 3 meters upstream from the uppermost feed conveyor 10a and downstream from the lowermost feed conveyor 6, respectively.
  • the feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a can have a transfer conveyor with a conveying direction that differs from the feed direction 32.
  • FIG FIG 1 shown by way of example using the infeed conveyor 8a, the conveyor unit 28b of which already deflects the conveying direction of the flow of packaged goods 18 to a certain extent in the direction of the main flow 44, or in the main conveying direction 34.
  • the sliding packages do not hit the existing flow of packaged goods bluntly.
  • the conveying direction of conveying unit 28b in FIG 1 is still to be regarded as transverse to the main conveying direction 34, a larger deflection is also possible within the scope of the invention if this does not exceed a length of, for example, 3 meters.
  • the aim of the transverse arrangement of the main conveying direction 34 and the feeding direction 32 is the compact arrangement of the packaged goods conveyor device 2a, so that the packaged goods streams 16, 18, 20 are not brought together in parallel, for example at a motorway entrance.
  • the packaged goods 22 are moved in the main flow 44 in the main conveying direction 34 and are thus moved towards the side wall 42a at an acute angle, which is the angle ⁇ between the side wall 42a and the main conveying direction 34.
  • Some of the packaged goods 22 strike the side wall 42a and are moved towards other packaged goods 22 still moving in the main conveying direction 34 due to their lateral alignment relative to the main conveying direction 34 .
  • the main flow 44 is compressed so that gaps between the packaged goods 22 in the area of the side wall 42a are closed.
  • packaged goods 22 standing at an angle to the main conveying direction 34 are rotated by the side wall 42a during their transport on the main conveyor 4a due to the friction with the side wall 42a until they are aligned parallel to the side wall 42a and slide along the side wall 42a with a flat side.
  • This also increases the utilization, ie the degree of filling, of the conveying surface of the conveying element 60a of the main conveyor 4a.
  • the compression and equalization of the alignment of the packaged goods 22 in the main flow 44 parallel to the side wall 42a creates space for the next feeding of the next packaged goods flow of the feed conveyor 6, 8a located closest downstream.
  • the packaged goods 22 While the packaged goods 22 are sliding along the side wall 42a, they slide with a movement component transversely to the main conveying direction 34 over the main conveyor 4a or its conveying element 60a. In this case, a strong mechanical load on the underside of the packaged goods 22 should be avoided, in particular a tipping of the packaged goods 22 away from the side wall 42a into the main flow 44 .
  • the conveying element 60a of the main conveyor 4a which is an example of a belt conveyor, with a Conveyor belt provided with a low coefficient of friction, so that the packaged goods 22 on it can be easily moved and rotated parallel to the conveying surface of the main conveyor 4a without the packaged goods 22 being damaged.
  • the low coefficient of friction also makes it easier for the packaged goods 22 to slide transversely from the inclines of the conveyor units 28b, 30b onto the main conveyor 4a to the side wall 42a, so that the packaged goods 22 slide through their own speed to the side wall 42a when no other packaged goods 22 are in the way lock there.
  • the conveying speeds of the feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a and the main conveyor 4a are controlled by a control unit 46 and can vary, with a discharge capacity of the main conveyor 4a should be greater than the feed capacity of all feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a together. It is also possible for the conveying speeds of the infeed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a to be in a fixed ratio to one another - independently of a higher-level regulation by a control unit 46; in particular, the conveying speeds are identical, as is the discharge speed of the discharge conveyor 12, which is identical to or higher than that of the Conveying speed of the main conveyor 4a and the feed conveyor 6, 8a, 10a can be.
  • This reads the data from the sensor 14, which uses a repeated distance measurement to the next packaged goods 22 on which the measuring beam of the sensor 14 occurs, determines a free distance of the main conveyor 4a relative to the side wall 42a. From the free stretches, the control unit 46 determines a free area on the conveying element 60a on the side opposite the side wall 42a.
  • the monitoring sensor 14 is a distance sensor, in particular a laser distance sensor, which measures the free space currently available at the mouth of the feed conveyor 6 .
  • the packaged goods conveyor device 2a includes an occupancy sensor 48 which is mounted above the infeed conveyor 6 or its conveyor element 60a. This provides its data to the control unit 46, which determines the occupancy of the conveying surface of the feed conveyor 6 under the occupancy sensor 48 from the data. From this, the distance to the mouth of the feed conveyor 6 and the current conveying speed of the feed conveyor 6, the feed area is calculated, which is occupied by packaged goods 22 of the packaged goods stream 16 of the feed conveyor 6 at the feed. This occupied area is compared with the free area measured by the sensor 14 or determined by the control unit 46 and the conveying speed of the feed conveyor 6 is controlled as a function of this comparison.
  • the arrangement and number of existing sensors 14, 48 depends on the number of feed conveyors present, their widths, the minimum conveying width of the main conveyor 4a, in particular at its transition to the discharge conveyor 12, and the conveying speeds of the feed conveyors 6, 8a, 10a and the main conveyor 4a.
  • a single sensor 14 or a sensor 14 each can be arranged upstream of such feed conveyors 6, 8a, to which another feed conveyor 10a is arranged further upstream.
  • FIG 2 shows a packaged goods conveyor 2b, which is largely the same as that of FIG FIG 1 is constructed.
  • the following description is essentially limited to the differences from the exemplary embodiment FIG 1 , to which reference is made for consistent features and functions.
  • all features of a previous exemplary embodiment are generally adopted in the respective following exemplary embodiment without being described again, unless features are described as differences from the previous exemplary embodiments.
  • Also are essentially components that remain the same are numbered with the same reference numbers.
  • like components in different embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals and different reference letters, and they may be identical to one another or with slight differences, for example, in dimension, position, and/or function.
  • the side wall 42b is divided into several sections 54a, 54b, 54c. These are all arranged at least predominantly above the main conveyor 4a and arranged offset one behind the other in the main conveying direction 34 and transversely thereto.
  • the angle ⁇ 1 of section 54a to the main conveying direction 34 is 5°
  • the angle ⁇ 2 of section 54b is 7°
  • the angle ⁇ 3 of section 54c to the main conveying direction 34 is again 5°.
  • a jamming of soft packaging for example film packaging
  • a jamming of soft packaging can be counteracted in a gap between the conveyor element 60a of the main conveyor 4a and the sections 54a-c. While the side wall 42a in FIG 1 If there was a risk that a jammed package would be pulled under the side wall 42a over the entire length and thus the corresponding packaged goods 22 would be pulled deeper and deeper into the gap, the length of the sections 54a-c is shorter, so that a towing distance is shorter. At the end of the corresponding section 54a-c, the clamped packaged goods are released and can now freely hit the next downstream section 54a,b.
  • a gap 56a, 56b, 56c between the sections 54a-c and the conveying element 60a is also designed to widen vertically downstream. This is shown in the top section of the figure FIG 2 shown schematically.
  • Each of the sections 54a-c has between it and the conveyor element 60a a gap 56a-c widening at vertical elevation downstream.
  • Packaged goods 22 jammed in this gap 56a-c are thus released again during a movement downstream in the main conveying direction 34 or in the direction of the corresponding section 54a-c of the side wall 42b, or the jamming remains so light that damage to the packaged goods 22 is avoided.
  • the widening is, for example, at least twice, in particular at least three times, the smallest height of a gap 56a-c.
  • the different angular positions of the sections 54a-c to the main conveying direction 34 are due on the one hand to their length.
  • the different angle is also due to the average pressure of the packaged goods against the corresponding section 54a-c.
  • the middle section 54b is shorter and correspondingly more strongly angled.
  • the lowermost section 54a on the other hand, although again short, experiences high package pressure, which is why its angle is less than that of the upstream section 54b.
  • main conveyor 4b is divided into three sections, each with a conveyor unit 58b, 58c, 58d. So while the main conveyor 4a has only a single conveyor unit 58a, the main conveyor 4b comprises 3 from the three conveyor units 58b - 58d. The remaining components are in relation to the embodiment FIG 1 the same, but the uppermost feed conveyor 10b has a conveyor unit 30c in the form of a 90° curved conveyor. This is directly connected to the top conveyor unit 58d of the main conveyor 4b.
  • the conveyor units 58b-d are arranged laterally offset from one another, with an upstream conveyor unit 58c,d projecting beyond a conveyor unit 58b,c directly adjacent to it downstream on the side on which the side wall 42a is arranged on the main conveyor 4b. On the opposite side it is the other way around: here the respective downstream conveyor unit 58b,c protrudes laterally beyond the upstream conveyor unit 58c,d.
  • the conveying width of a downstream conveying unit 58b,c is wider than the conveying width of the respective adjacent upstream conveying unit 58c,d.
  • the overall width of the conveying elements 60b-d increases from conveying unit to conveying unit 58b-d downstream. Due to the angled side wall 42a, however, the usable conveying width decreases on each of the conveying units 58b-c or conveying elements 60b-d within the corresponding unit or the corresponding element in the downstream direction. As a result, good compression of the packaged goods 22 in the direction of the side wall 42a and alignment of the packaged goods 22a in the direction of the side wall 42a can be achieved.
  • FIG 4 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a packaged goods conveyor device 2d with a main conveyor 4d, which are identical in terms of their structure to the packaged goods conveyor device 2c 3 , except for the feed conveyor 8b, which has a conveyor unit 28c with a belt conveyor in place of the chute 28b, analogous to the conveyor unit 26b.
  • the lateral offset of the conveyor units 58b-d is greater than in the exemplary embodiment in FIG 3 , and the side wall 42c is also no longer continuous. It comprises two arranged at an acute angle to the main conveying direction 34 Sections 54d, 54e which border upstream and/or downstream on a side wall section which is aligned parallel to the main conveying direction 34.
  • a side wall section that is not angled to the main conveying direction 34 is arranged in the region of the confluence of the conveying unit 28c, so that there is no compression of the main flow 44 there. In this way, an accumulation of the packaged goods 22 can be avoided when there is a strong flow of packaged goods 18 from the conveying unit 28c.
  • the same also applies to the mouth of the feed conveyor 6, with an angled side wall section being completely dispensed with in the region of the conveyor unit 58b, so that the main stream 44 is not compressed as a result. This can be compensated for by the strong offset of the conveyor units 58b-d laterally to one another and by the large angle ⁇ 4 of the side wall 42c, as a result of which the main flow 44 is already sufficiently compressed before the feed conveyor 6 joins.
  • this section 54f is pivotally mounted in a spring-loaded manner, so that it is pressed against section 54e by heavy packaged goods 22 and thus assumes its angle ⁇ 5 . In this way, in the event of a jam forming, greater pressure can be mutually avoided on the packaged goods 22, since with such a pressure the section 54f pivots outwards and releases a greater conveying width.
  • the additional section 54f has the advantage that the main flow 44 can be strongly compressed in its area and the risk of jamming is reduced by the pivotability and, secondly, soft packaging is prevented from becoming trapped under the side wall 42c. Because through the With a large angle ⁇ 6 , the section 54f can be kept short, so that a distance within which the package is clamped in the gap remains short. In the event of severe clamping, the section 54f also springs outwards, so that the packaged goods 22 or their packaging is prevented from being drawn in further into the gap. In addition, the gap widens vertically, such as gaps 56a-c FIG 2 is explained. As a result, jamming can be counteracted and the packaged goods that have nevertheless fallen under section 54f can be quickly released again.
  • FIG. 12 shows a section through the packaged goods conveying device 2a in a schematic manner FIG 1 along the dash-dotted line VV FIG 1 .
  • the side wall 42a is in the in 5 shown embodiment aligned perpendicular to the alignment of the conveyor element 60a to offer the mostly cuboid packaged goods 22 a good contact surface. It goes without saying too possible to align the side wall 42a perpendicular to the horizontal, as in 5 is represented by the dashed line. Regardless of the tilting or orientation of the side wall 42a, the orientation of the main conveyor 4a relative to the side wall 42a, implemented as an inclination at an angle ⁇ relative to the horizontal, alone or in conjunction with the side wall 42a angled to the main conveying direction 34, can bring about the compression of the main flow 44. This inclination can be realized in all of the previously described embodiments.

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  1. Procédé pour réunir plusieurs flux de produits emballés séparés (16, 18, 20) en un flux principal (44), dans lequel chacun des flux de produits emballés (16, 18, 20) est convoyé sur un convoyeur d'alimentation (6, 8a, 8b, 10a, 10b), est réuni avec le flux principal (44) dans la zone d'une embouchure d'alimentation du convoyeur d'alimentation (6, 8a, 8b, 10a, 10b), et continue d'être transporté dans le flux principal (44) sur un convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c), au moins une paroi latérale (42a, 42b) limitant latéralement le flux principal (44),
    dans lequel
    dans la zone située entre deux embouchures d'alimentation de deux convoyeurs d'alimentation (6, 8a, 8b, 10a, 10b), les produits emballés (22) du flux principal (44) sont guidés vers la paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c), puis le long de celle-ci, en raison d'une orientation du convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) par rapport à ladite paroi,
    caractérisé en ce que la paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c) est disposée au moins partiellement au-dessus d'un élément de convoyage (60a, 60b, 60c, 60d) du convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) et forme un interstice (56a, 56b, 56c) par rapport à l'élément de convoyage (60a, 60b, 60c, 60d), qui s'agrandit verticalement vers l'aval.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que le flux principal (44) est déplacé sur le convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) dans une direction de convoyage principale (34) qui est inclinée par rapport à la paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c), et les produits emballés (22) du flux principal (44) sont guidés vers la paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c), puis le long de celle-ci, par le mouvement dans la direction de convoyage principale (34).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé en ce que la paroi latérale (42a, 42b) est disposée entre deux embouchures d'alimentation de deux des convoyeurs d'alimentation (6, 8a, 8b, 10a, 10b) et à l'opposé des embouchures d'alimentation par rapport au flux principal, et les produits emballés sont poussés par la paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c) en direction de l'embouchure d'alimentation du convoyeur d'alimentation suivant (6, 8a, 8b, 10a, 10b) situé en aval.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que les produits emballés sont des envois postaux ou des courriers provenant d'un poste de déchargement de camions et sont chargés sur un télescope de déchargement qui transporte les envois sur le convoyeur d'alimentation (6, 8a, 8b, 10a, 10b) qui introduit les envois dans le flux principal.
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que la paroi latérale (42c) est montée sur ressorts et est pivotée par un produit emballé qui la heurte, de sorte qu'un angle α entre la paroi latérale et la direction de convoyage principale est réduit.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 5,
    caractérisé en ce que la paroi latérale (42c) vient buter contre une butée et forme dans cette position un angle (α6) compris entre 1° et 10° par rapport à la direction de convoyage principale (34).
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce qu'au moins l'un des convoyeurs d'alimentation (8a, 10a) présente une transition orientée en oblique vers le bas dans le sens du flux, au niveau de laquelle les produits emballés (22) sont déplacés en direction du convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) en étant soutenus par la force de gravité et glissent en direction de la paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c) transversalement à la direction de convoyage principale (4a, 4b, 4c), sur le convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c).
  8. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce qu'un capteur d'occupation (14) disposé sur le convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) mesure un trajet exempt de produits emballés sur le convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c), et une unité de commande (46) contrôle l'amenée d'un flux de produits emballés (16, 18) d'un convoyeur d'alimentation (6, 8a, 8b) au convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) en fonction d'une grandeur dérivée du trajet.
  9. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que le convoyeur principal (4a) comporte une unité de convoyage (58a) comprenant un élément de convoyage (60a) se déplaçant dans la direction de convoyage principale (34) et sur lequel les produits emballés (22) sont transportés, et l'orientation du convoyeur principal (4a) est telle que l'élément de convoyage (60a) est incliné vers la paroi latérale (42a) selon un angle d'inclinaison > 3° par rapport à l'horizontale, et les produits emballés (22) sur l'élément de convoyage (60a) glissent vers la paroi latérale (42a) sous l'effet de la gravité.
  10. Dispositif (2a, 2b, 2c) de convoyage de produits emballés pour réunir plusieurs flux de produits emballés séparés (16, 18, 20) en un flux principal (44), comprenant un convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) qui comprend un élément de convoyage (60a, 60b, 60c, 60d) pour transporter les produits emballés (22) dans une direction de convoyage principale (34), et au moins une paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c) qui limite latéralement le flux principal (44), et comprenant plusieurs convoyeurs d'alimentation (6, 8a, 8b, 10a, 10b) qui présentent chacun un élément de convoyage (36a, 36b, 38a, 40a) pour transporter le flux de produits emballés correspondant (16, 18, 20) dans une direction d'alimentation (32),
    dans lequel le convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) est disposé par rapport à la paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c) de telle sorte que les produits emballés (22) du flux principal (44) sont guidés vers la paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c) en raison de l'orientation du convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) par rapport à celle-ci,
    caractérisé en ce que la paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c) est disposée au moins partiellement au-dessus d'un élément de convoyage (60a, 60b, 60c, 60d) du convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) et forme un interstice (56a, 56b, 56c) par rapport à l'élément de convoyage (60a, 60b, 60c, 60d), lequel s'agrandit verticalement vers l'aval.
  11. Dispositif (2a, 2b, 2c) de convoyage de produits emballés selon la revendication 10,
    caractérisé en ce que le convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) est orienté de telle sorte que la paroi latérale (42a, 42b, 42c) forme un angle (α, α1, α2, α3, α4, α5, α6) compris entre 1° et 20° par rapport à la direction de convoyage principale (34) et rétrécit une largeur de transport de l'élément de convoyage (60a, 60b, 60c, 60d) du convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) dans la direction de convoyage principale (34).
  12. Dispositif (2a, 2b, 2c) de convoyage de produits emballés selon la revendication 10 ou 11,
    caractérisé en ce que le convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) comprend au moins deux unités de convoyage (58b, 58c, 58d) qui sont disposées de manière décalée l'une par rapport à l'autre transversalement à la direction de convoyage principale (34).
  13. Dispositif (2a, 2b, 2c) de convoyage de produits emballés selon l'une des revendications 10 à 12,
    caractérisé en ce que le convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c) comprend au moins deux unités de convoyage (58b, 58c, 58d), et l'unité de convoyage (58b, 58c) située en aval dans la direction de convoyage principale (34) est plus large que l'unité de convoyage (58c, 58d) située en amont.
  14. Dispositif (2a, 2b, 2c) de convoyage de produits emballés selon l'une des revendications 10 à 13,
    caractérisé par un capteur d'occupation (14) disposé sur le convoyeur principal (4a, 4b, 4c), qui est préparé pour mesurer un trajet exempt de produits emballés.
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